More cases filed against Sharon

The secretary general of the Arab league Amr Moussa has discussed with the Belgian ambassador to Egypt Paul Bunjert, on the ground that Belgium is the current President for the European Union, latest developments in the Middle East in light of the continued Israeli escalation to its brutal aggressions against the unarmed Palestinian people.

Following the meeting, the Belgian ambassador stressed that there are no pressures on the Belgian judiciary concerning the trial of the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.

He explained that the European role in the ME peace process will continue intensively, noting that there is special EU ME peace envoy in the region and the recent visit of the higher co-ordinator for the EU political affairs Javier Solana to the region.

The Belgian ambassador indicated the co-operation between the EU and the AL in several areas through the Barcelona process in which 8 Arab Mediterranean states are taking part.

In Tunisian the Tunisian attorney general accepted a case filed by the Arab organization for young lawyers and the Tunisian association for young lawyers against Sharon.

The case calls for trying the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon who is accused of committing war crimes for his involvement in carrying out 13 crimes including the Sabra and Shatilla massacres during the Israeli invasion of Beirut in 1982 and resulted in killing between 800- 2000 citizens. During that massacre Sharon was Israel's war minister.

Two cases were filed against Sharon in Belgium in June and a third case was also filed against him in Lebanon over his responsibility in Sabra and Shatilla massacres.